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Post by titus on Aug 16, 2020 21:28:32 GMT -5
SOUND IT OUT LES . SOUND IT OUT . PRAISE THE LORD . THAT IS RIGHT ON . POINT TO JESUS and POINT TO HE ALONE . Praise the HOLY LORD .
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Post by titus on Aug 16, 2020 21:29:37 GMT -5
that post causes lambs to dance with joy . YES INDEED . POINT to the LORD as the only means of salvation .
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Post by Les on Aug 17, 2020 15:18:21 GMT -5
Refined in the Fire By: Linda Washington
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These trials will show that your faith is genuine. 1 Peter 1:7 nlt
Today's Scripture & Insight:
1 Peter 1:6–9 Twenty-four–karat gold is nearly 100 percent gold with few impurities. But that percentage is difficult to achieve. Refiners most commonly use one of two methods for the purification process. The Miller process is the quickest and least expensive, but the resulting gold is only about 99.95 percent pure. The Wohlwill process takes a little more time and costs more, but the gold produced is 99.99 percent pure.
In Bible times, refiners used fire as a gold purifier. Fire caused impurities to rise to the surface for easier removal. In his first letter to believers in Jesus throughout Asia Minor (northern Turkey), the apostle Peter used the gold-refining process as a metaphor for the way trials work in the life of a believer. At that time, many believers were being persecuted by the Romans for their faith in Christ. Peter knew what that was like firsthand. But persecution, Peter explained, brings out the “genuineness of [our] faith”(1 Peter 1:7).
Perhaps you feel like you’re in a refiner’s fire—feeling the heat of setbacks, illness, or other challenges. But hardship is often the process by which God purifies the gold of our faith. In our pain we might beg God to quickly end the process, but He knows what’s best for us, even when life hurts. Keep connected to the Savior, seeking His comfort and peace.
Reflect & Pray What challenges have you faced that led to your growth? How did you respond to them?
Father God, help me see how the trials of my life bring out the gold in me.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In 1 Peter 1:8, Peter is reinforcing an important idea that goes back to the gospel of John. In John 20:29, the risen Christ said to Thomas,“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” That includes all in our generation who have followed Jesus. While we weren’t present when He was physically on this earth, we can embrace by faith the record of Scripture (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives (Romans 8:16) as evidence of the truth of what we’ve not seen but believed (John 16:13-15). As Paul wrote,“For we live by faith, not by sight”(2 Corinthians 5:7). Bill Crowder
1 Peter 1:6-9 King James Version 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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Post by titus on Aug 17, 2020 16:14:55 GMT -5
I see les is making the rounds . PRAISE BE TO OUR HOLY LORD . We about to get tested and tried , the likes of which western socities have not yet seen . Be faithful even unto death . And during our trials , let us take it patiently and endure , for our faith shall blossom . PRAISE YE THE KING . YES , PRAISE THE KING JESUS . Sound it out my friend .
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Post by Les on Aug 17, 2020 16:32:16 GMT -5
Absolutely my friend. Be encouraged to be faithful to the very end - Keeping our eyes on Jesus our King. Sharing to many sites now. Facebook have made it easier to share more effectively meaning that more and more people can be reached out to. Naturally the hate comments escalate. It does not mater. I have one purpose and that is to serve our Lord and Saviour (Jesus)
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Post by titus on Aug 17, 2020 18:10:44 GMT -5
Absolutely my friend. Be encouraged to be faithful to the very end - Keeping our eyes on Jesus our King. Sharing to many sites now. Facebook have made it easier to share more effectively meaning that more and more people can be reached out to. Naturally the hate comments escalate. It does not mater. I have one purpose and that is to serve our Lord and Saviour (Jesus) Thats right my friend . point to JESUS no matter the cost . Praise the LORD . Oh praise the KING .
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Post by romaniprincess on Aug 17, 2020 18:27:21 GMT -5
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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Post by Les on Aug 18, 2020 14:49:47 GMT -5
Rivals or Allies? By: Kirsten Holmberg
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Be perfectly united in mind and thought. 1 Corinthians 1:10
Today's Scripture & Insight:
1 Corinthians 1:10–17 The city of Texarkana sits squarely on the state border between Texas and Arkansas. The city of 70,000 inhabitants has two mayors, two city councils, and two police and fire departments. The cross-town sporting rivalry between high schools draws an uncommonly high attendance, reflecting the deep allegiance each has to their own state’s school. More significant challenges arise as well, such as disputes over the shared water system, governed by two sets of state laws. Yet the town is known for its unity despite the line that divides it. Residents gather annually for a dinner held on State Line Avenue to share a meal in celebration of their oneness as a community.
The believers in Corinth may not have drawn a line down their main thoroughfare, but they were divided. They’d been quarreling as a result of their allegiances to those who taught them about Jesus: Paul, Apollos, or Cephas (Peter). Paul called them all to oneness “in mind and thought”(1 Corinthians 1:10), reminding them it was Christ who was crucified for them, not their spiritual leaders.
We behave similarly today, don’t we? We sometimes oppose even those who share our singularly important belief—Jesus’ sacrifice for our wrongdoings—making them rivals instead of allies. Just as Christ Himself is not divided, we, as His earthly representation—His body—mustn’t allow differences over nonessentials to divide us. Instead, may we celebrate our oneness in Him.
Reflect & Pray Over what nonessential spiritual issues are you likely to allow division? How can you foster unity instead?
God, help me to remain focused on You and Your sacrifice for Your people. May I not be distracted by the less important issues but call others to oneness as a community of faith.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The night before Jesus’ crucifixion, He prayed for those who would believe in Him:“I pray ... that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you”(John 17:20-21). Paul’s letter to Corinth shows that such unity has always been a struggle (1 Corinthians 1:10-13). In another letter, Paul noted that differences on peripheral matters are fine. Writing about dietary concerns and the observance of religious holidays, he said,“Each [person] should be fully convinced in their own mind”(Romans 14:5). But we must agree on who Jesus is—fully God and fully human; born of a virgin; crucified, risen, and returning for His church; the sinless Son of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Such things are foundational to our faith and serve to unify us in God’s Spirit. Tim Gustafson
1 Corinthians 1:10-17 King James Version 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
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Post by titus on Aug 18, 2020 18:10:51 GMT -5
Praise the LORD . its here . thats right my friend . keep sounding it out . And let us rejoice in the LORD .
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Post by titus on Aug 18, 2020 21:04:00 GMT -5
Get some rest my friend . Its now three am where you are . Another wonderful day of pointing to JESUS was done . Oh let us rejoice in the LORD .
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 9:13:11 GMT -5
Another day has come . OH let us rejoice in the LORD . Les should soon be making the rounds . OH let THE LORD be GLORIFIED and Maginifed in all that we do and say . Praise the LORD .
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Post by Les on Aug 19, 2020 9:31:19 GMT -5
Praise the Lord. Have a great day in the Lord today. Yes, I will be doing my round later sharing what ever our Lord gives me today. God is good and we want others to know Him too.
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 12:12:48 GMT -5
Praise the Lord. Have a great day in the Lord today. Yes, I will be doing my round later sharing what ever our Lord gives me today. God is good and we want others to know Him too. YES HE IS and YES WE DO . What a great reminder that just came to me my friend . IF we truly want folks to KNOW GOD . THEN WHO DO WE POINT TOO . cause JESUS ALONE IS and i do mean IS , the ONLY and i do mean ONLY , way to KNOW GOD . Yeah . bask in the beauty of that les . just bask in it . LES i am fully persauded by the grace of GOD HIMSELF . YES of GOD HIMSELF , that not a soul can KNOW GOD or have salvation lest they come TO FAITH IN JESUS . THAT MIND is only INCREASING MASSIVE as of late . No confession of JESUS , NO eternal life . If folks want salvation , eternal life , THERE IT IS , THERE HE IS . CONFESS JESUS . all else is a LIE .
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 12:14:27 GMT -5
Les . We really ARE Running out of time . and also no man knows his final hour . JESUS MUST BE FOREFRONT . NOT ONLY on our LIPS but in our heart . GET those rounds ready my friend . i am looking forward to them . FORWARD .............................MARCH .
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 12:16:52 GMT -5
the name of JESUS brings that to a lambs heart .
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 12:18:30 GMT -5
the name or hope of anything else , brings that to a lambs heart . for they weep for all who reject JESUS as the ONLY means of salvation .
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Post by Les on Aug 19, 2020 12:23:02 GMT -5
Just wish a few Christians will wake up to that fact and leave the comfort zone of just being on Christian forums and groups. Lovely as it is to minister to one and other what we all agree on and bible quote to one and other - we need to be at these places as a witness and proclaiming the truth that Jesus is the only way and the only truth.
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 13:56:53 GMT -5
Just wish a few Christians will wake up to that fact and leave the comfort zone of just being on Christian forums and groups. Lovely as it is to minister to one and other what we all agree on and bible quote to one and other - we need to be at these places as a witness and proclaiming the truth that Jesus is the only way and the only truth. That is a wonderful reminder and a great wake up call too . YES Indeed my friend . Yes indeed . may what we speak on sites , be what we speak in person . That is such a lovely reminder and timely too . YES it is .
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Post by titus on Aug 19, 2020 13:57:26 GMT -5
SOUND those praises out my friend . To the GLORIOUS RISEN KING JESUS .
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Post by romaniprincess on Aug 19, 2020 15:57:35 GMT -5
Love
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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